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John Shelby Spong

"Biblical higher criticism is preserved in the particular enclave of academic Christian scholarship and is thought to be too unfruitful to share with the average pew-sitter, for it raises more questions than the church can adequately answer. So the leaders of the church would protect the simple believers from concepts they were not trained to understand. In this way that ever-widening gap between academic Christians and the average pew-sitter made its first appearance."

-- John Shelby Spong

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“The form of religion was always a trivial matter to me. ... The pageantry of the Roman Church that first mothered and nurtured me touches me to this day. I love the Protestant prayers of the English Church. And I love the stern and knotty argument, the sermon with heads and sequences, of the New England Congregationalist. For this catholicity Catholics have upbraided me, churchmen rebuked me, and dissenters denied that I had any religion at all.”
“People could connect with me... I think the appeal was that, "Here he is, he's just a normal guy like us, and he's giving it his all".”
“Non virtuous behavior brings about unhappiness. Every time.”
“The best shooters shoot the exact same way every single time they look at the basket.”
“The one reasonable goal of social life was affirmed to be the creation of a world of awakened, of sensitive, intelligent, and mutually understanding personalities, banded together for the common purpose of exploring the universe and developing the human spirit's manifold potentialities.”

Source : Olaf Stapledon (1931). “Last and First Men, & Star Maker: Two Science-fiction Novels”, Courier Corporation
“The whole idea of civilization as an understandable narrative is a bit nuts. It's the most problematic of delusions.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“There are a number of golfers who are playing great golf in their 40s.”
“At the threshold of every transition in our lives the devil send a spirit of fear. Therefore be strong and very courageous!”

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